Forget about using WF at work huh?
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It's simple, I don't care about him cropping down to my man boobs (or do you guys call it Moobs around here
). But the simple fact that he pulls an image off my site and is using it commercially (ie: ad to click to his site), without either paying or crediting me is plain and simple theft.
I'd get on his case all the same if it were any other picture on there. Fact of the matter is, It's my image, and I own the copyright for it. And you just pretty much fessed up.
So to answer your question Chris, It's not the content that matters here but the unauthorized usage.
Hey, traffic is traffic but if the guy really wanted to stick man boobs in a banner (perhaps as an intent to embarrass me? who knows.) I would have liked to least either been asked (cuz then from there we can figure compensation by credit or otherwise, everything is negotiable.)
I'm a photographer, of course I'm going to immediately recognize a crop of my work especially when you leave the same toning in.
Basically you just admitted to theft.
You know... I could do that, depending on whether or not your server is even in the US. But at the same time I could just pretty much make people aware here that you are a theif (depends how many are like you and don't care). Fact of the matter is, humor or otherwise you would be getting traffic off my image, now pay up.
Now I don't know how that admins run the site... but I wonder how they feel about display/hosting a banner containing stolen work (of which you admitted), or if they don't care long as they're being paid for the ad space.
He's right. SEOCRACY YOU'RE A DAMN THEIF (sic)! 1000 years ago we would have cut off your hand or nose.
I figured it had to be something like that, cuz how would someone be making fun of me if no one but myself and that person knew where the image came from?
Hell I wouldn't care if he took the left hand side of this picture, stuck it into a banner and called it "Got 'Tard?" as long as I was asked to use it (which would either be negotiated as credit or otherwise).
Ok, so you pulled the image (big deal a lot of people do that), but then you knew they were going to use it for the PPC.bz banner and didn't say anything?
I'm guessing barman would have appreciated knowing whether or not the image was pulled off a photographer's site, no less a member of this board, and that their permission wasn't sought. It's a different situation than all those LOLCat and such images floating around on the net with no clue as to who owns them.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that even douchbags can be made into moderators.
Creepy, perverse, humorous, open minded, secure, etc....
Still better than being a douche.
You're like a child... there's no sense in talking with you further since you are not the one I have to deal with if I would at least like to get a credit on the banner.
I'll consult with either barman or whoever runs PPC.bz to resolve this, as talking with you has only resulted in confirming that you have no problem with being a theif nor being an idiot.
Anyways continue jacking off to my creepiness as you were...
it's not the 'theft' that got the D-word a'flyin. because you're right:
my in-house tests have categorically proven that manboobs crank up the response on any campaign, and the ppc.bz crew definitely scored a home run on this ad.
problem is being called out on using said manboob without permission, then responding with what amounts to 'so fucking what'.
can almost guarantee that if someone ganked your graphics, your LP, or even datapresser and used them without your permission -- then told you 'so fucking what' when called out on it -- you wouldn't be so passe about the situation.
it's not exactly the same deal with this because the value of a manboob varies with implementation, but you get the idea. hopefully.
i'm not asking you to respect the manboob.
i'm asking you to respect the man behind the boob.
because one day it may be your boob.
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